AKPM Staff
Alaska News Nightly: November 13, 2007
The Coast Guard takes an increasing interest in the arctic. The Senate takes its turn at the oil tax and northwest coastal villages brace for a big storm. Those stories and more on tonight's...
Talk of Alaska: The McCandless Bus — Move it or Leave it?
Alaska's outdoor paradise is beautiful, but deadly: fast-changing weather, unforgiving wildlife, avalanches, extreme tides, unreadable rivers -- even insects can be serious threats. This week we look at the dangers surrounding the old McCandless...
House raises stakes on oil tax
The version of the new oil tax the House passed last night has been sent on to the Senate. The bill would raise state revenues half a billion dollars more than the governor proposed...
Tom Anderson prison date set
A prison date has been set for former-legislator Tom Anderson who was convicted of corruption charges in July. In an e-mail to supporters, Anderson says he will enter the Federal Correction Institution...
Chinook bycatch numbers on the rise in the Bering Sea
An increasing number of king salmon are being harvested as bycatch by Bering Sea pollock trawlers. The pollock fishing industry insists that it is doing everything it can to avoid the salmon, and...
Interior Issues Council plugs alternative energy
A Fairbanks Group is pushing an alternative energy strategy. The Interior Issues Council plan includes conservation measures and fossil fuel alternatives for Fairbanks and the rail belt region. Council Energy Committee...
Bristol Bay anti-mine initiatives could affect industry statewide
Bristol-Bay-based groups are circulating petitions to put three citizens’ initiatives on the ballot. They say the pollution-control and habitat-protection measures would boost efforts to block the Pebble Mine. But the initiatives have the potential...
Eco groups threaten futher legal action to protect the Queen Charlotte Goshawk
Conservation groups say they may go back to court to force further protections for the Queen Charlotte Goshawk. That’s after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided the raptor may need formal protection in...
Church-commissioned study on sexual abuse by clergy to be released
This week, Roman Catholic Bishops from across the United States, including Alaska, will hear preliminary results of a church-commissioned study on the causes and context of sexual abuse by clergy. The John...
Legislature meets on Veterans Day
The Alaska State Legislature was in session yesterday on Veterans day for only the second time since statehood. The previous session, in 1973, was also focused on oil and gas taxes. But before getting...
Alaska News Nightly: November 12, 2007
The House raises the base rate on oil taxes; Former representative Tom Anderson now has a date set for beginning his prison sentence for corruption. And the Legislature honors Veterans Day... Those stories and...
AK: In the Trenches
This week we're going In the Trenches. We'll dive to the bottom of Alaska's ocean trenches and meet a doctor deep in the trenches of the Emergency Room. Plus, Alaskans recall their time at...
Special session hits the homestretch
The Legislature is in the final week of the special session dealing with increases to the oil tax that went into effect just last year. Both the House and Senate Finance Committees are ready...
Two Judges ordered to step down
The State Supreme Court has ordered two Alaska judges to vacate their seats, after both neglected to file for retention on time in 2004. Barrow Superior Court Judge Michael Jeffrey and Anchorage District Court...
Humpbacks spotted in the Arctic Ocean
A federal agency says personnel working on oil industry vessels this summer have reported seeing humpback whales in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Biologists say the Arctic ocean is far from their usual habitat.
Janelle...
Protection sought for Lynn-Canal herring
The Sierra Club wants the federal government to protect Lynn Canal herring under the Endangered Species Act. But a local advisory committee to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game doesn’t think scientists know...
Tatitlek man convicted of murder
Matthew Kompkoff, of Tatitlek was sentenced Tuesday for killing his wife just over a year ago. Presiding judge Joel Bolger said the domestic nature of the crime called for a longer sentence. He said...
IFA to cut short season for Stikine
The ferry Stikine will end its fall season early. Its owners, the Inter-Island Ferry Authority,decided to cut its final two weekends of service. Officials say ridership is down and costs are up.
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska...
Its a dog's life in Iceland
Fairbanks is often called the dog mushing capital of the world. But not every community is as accepting of canine companions. In Reykjavik, Iceland, having a pet dog was forbidden until just 20 years...
Athabascan Fiddlers descend on Fairbanks
The 25th Annual Athabascan Fiddler’s Festival got underway last night at the Chief David
Salmon Tribal Hall in Fairbanks.
Emily Scwhing, KUAC - Fairbanks